I already own a 1965 Melody Maker D, which is currently being refinished by Daniels Guitars, 1965 being my birth year.
I came accross this & couldn't resist it. Another '65 Melody Maker, but modified in a Pat Travers style. It has been fitted with a pair of embossed cover pickups, most likely from 1972 & the pots & capacitors have been changed to suit the humbuckers. The pots are dated 1973, so it is safe to assume that is when the conversion took place.
It plays very similarly to my other one, but the humbuckers make it a very different machine from the original, now all I need is one fitted with P90's!
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That's what I thought, well done too, lookslike it left the factory like that.
I was assured it had never been refinished, so is in amazing condition for a 55 year old guitar.
What machineheads are you using?
Seymour Duncan and Kurtis Novak both now P90-voiced pickups under MM/Skylark covers.
Machine heads are Kluson Deluxe, I'm assuming fitted at the same time as the other mods, though the original heads on my other one hold tune very well.
I really like the original pickups in my D, as you say, the tone control is very effective, but If I could find one that had real P90's fitted I'd be very tempted by it.
Mototech said: What are the Pat Travers mods - twin pickups ?
Yes, his had twin humbuckers fitted in place of the single coils.